Ever wondered what the life of a journalist is like and how to break into the career? Or, perhaps you're keen to know if it's really only you who seems to end up in bizarre situations during the course of reporting? This book answers both of those questions and provides an intriguing, funny and sometimes shocking view of life as a journalist.

Written as a collaboration by Tess Crebin and Kathleen Tracy, the book consists of a series of alternating first-person accounts of memorable moments in their careers. It reveals the truth about what actually goes on behind the scenes in the glamorous world of international journalism and offers an entertaining and no holds barred account of their ups and downs.

Both authors have had eventful careers and faced numerous encounters with fascinating people, yet started off as ordinary women with big dreams and ambition. Kathleen Tracy is a best-selling entertainment journalist whose books include the biographies of Angelina Jolie, Ricky Martin and Neve Campbell. Tess Crebin is a former foreign correspondent who wrote human-interest stories for magazines and newspapers before retiring from active journalism.

As well as an interesting and gripping reading, there are plenty of tips to pick up and apply to your own writing. You'll learn the lengths to which some people go to get a story, how to bluff your way through the job of being a foreign music correspondent and the often strange and awkward situations they find themselves in during the process.

There's also some useful insight into the do's and don’t's of interviewing, as learnt from experience, and how to act (or not to) when covering situations as varied as sporting events, celebrity marriages, deaths and adventures.

Whether you're a journalist, or not, it's a compelling read and is sure to have you turning the pages with interest until the very end.

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